Anthropometric characteristics and nutritional status of older adults in the Lake Victoria Basin of East Africa: region, sex, and age differences

2012;25(2) S Afr J Clin Nutr Cheserek MJ, MSc, Lecturer, Human Nutrition Department, Egerton University, Kenya Tuitoek PJ, PhD, Professor, Human Nutrition Department, Egerton University, Kenya Waudo JN, PhD, Professor, Department of Food Nutrition and Dietetics, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya Msuya JM, PhD, Professor, Department of Food Science and Technology, Home Economics and Human Nutrition Sokoine University of Agriculture and Technology, Tanzania Kikafunda JK, PhD, Professor, Department of Food Science and Technology, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda Correspondence to: Maureen Cheserek, e-mail: [email protected]